Catalytic Oxidation and Deoxygenation of Renewables with Rhenium Complexes

Abstract

Transformation of renewables has received major research interest in recent years, opening up completely new research areas, in particular in the field of oxidation and deoxygenation. For the oxidation reaction, rhenium complexes, in particular methyltrioxorhenium, are well known for their potential as catalysts, but they are also potent catalysts for the deoxygenation reaction. The application of organometallic rhenium complexes in both the oxidation and deoxygenation reactions using a broad range of substrates derived from renewable resources, such as terpenes, oils, fats, lignin, and sugar alcohols, is reviewed in this chapter